I'm sure he only said it out of spite.

我相信他只是为了泄愤才那么说的。

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He only said with a smile, "Won't it be better for your ideas on a certain problem?"

他只是微笑着说：“在某一个问题方面，难道你不会有更好的主意吗？”

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He didn't look me in the eyes from then on. He only said quietly, "Take a look, compare them."

他一直没有正面看我，只是平静地说：“比一比！”

youdao

"I don't care," he said. "I am the only person who can tell you if your wine man has cheated you.

VOA: special.2009.02.07

And when I asked about philosophy he said philosophy has nothing to say about death, only poetry has something to say about death.

当我问到哲学的时候,他说哲学与死亡无关，只有诗能够解读死亡。

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It's the only place," he said, "where I don't have to see it."

这是唯一的地方“，他说，“我不必看到它“

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

Rengan Rajaratnam wore jeans and a dark suit coat to his initial court appearance, where he only said "not guilty, your honor" when he was asked how he would plead to the charges.

WSJ: Brother of NY hedge fund founder pleads not guilty

The jury rejected his claim that he had only said "hello" to the woman before she began screaming and that he had only held her wrists to restrain her.

BBC: Highlands & Islands

In fairness to Wenger this time around, he only ever said "could" as opposed to "would".

BBC: Wenger's word games backfire